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08/22/2008 12:09:01 AM · #51 |
| However the question is, since dry ice takes longer to "melt" does it in fact actually cost more when accounting for needing more regular ice over a period of time? |
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08/22/2008 12:24:36 AM · #52 |
Dry ice is a good deal if you want to keep meat for a week and half in a cooler without power. Regular ice only lasts about 5 days to a week max, even with the cooler taped around the door with duct tape. Dry ice also does not end up with everything floating around. We lost all of our beer one time on a 10 day boat trip because it was sloshing and floating around in a cooler full of half melted ice. The wave action on the boat knocked the caps off all the bottles except one as they beat into each other inside the cooler.
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08/22/2008 08:17:48 AM · #53 |
Originally posted by togtog:
However the question is, since dry ice takes longer to "melt" does it in fact actually cost more when accounting for needing more regular ice over a period of time? |
Yes an item that has a costs always costs more than an item that has no cost, even over extended periods of time.
Thank jeebus, I am rose again! ;) |
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08/22/2008 12:51:13 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by violinist123:
Originally posted by togtog:
However the question is, since dry ice takes longer to "melt" does it in fact actually cost more when accounting for needing more regular ice over a period of time? |
Yes an item that has a costs always costs more than an item that has no cost, even over extended periods of time.
Thank jeebus, I am rose again! ;) |
Man made ice is not free however, it requires energy to freeze the water, also the water used is not free. Obviously dry ice also requires energy to produce as well as the cost of the CO2 itself. Dry ice appears from others accounts to stay at or below freezing for a longer period of time.
The question remains, which is the most economical?
value = length of time at or below freezing / (volume * cost).
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08/22/2008 12:55:47 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by togtog:
Originally posted by violinist123:
Originally posted by togtog:
However the question is, since dry ice takes longer to "melt" does it in fact actually cost more when accounting for needing more regular ice over a period of time? |
Yes an item that has a costs always costs more than an item that has no cost, even over extended periods of time.
Thank jeebus, I am rose again! ;) |
Man made ice is not free however, it requires energy to freeze the water, also the water used is not free. Obviously dry ice also requires energy to produce as well as the cost of the CO2 itself. Dry ice appears from others accounts to stay at or below freezing for a longer period of time.
The question remains, which is the most economical?
value = length of time at or below freezing / (volume * cost). |
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08/22/2008 01:17:55 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by violinist123:
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Sorry, what was the question? |
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